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Anniversary of the 86 Machingun ban.

I can't beleive no one has posted anything about today being the anniversary of the 86 machinegun ban. What would things be like if it had never passed. What kind of full autos would have been designed? Look what has happened in the suppressor market because of the civilian market.

How much money would a lobbyist need to give a politician in order to secure future generations of Americans the freedom of owning new machine guns once again? What is your educated guess on the figure and which politician?

It's not going to be so much as a lobbyist as it would be a combination of lobbyist and lawyer(s). It would need to be an offensive mounted in a manner similar to Heller and then combined with convincing a Congress that is mostly clueless that machine guns are even legal! I would not even contemplate starting this mess without $6 million(ish) in the bank.

Please articulate why it would be in the interests of machine gun manufacturers to do this and how they would realize a profit from such activity. And I am going to exclude any manufacturers based in Europe since the EU pretty much bans civilian ownership of these weapons and force them to play along (eg.: HK, etc.). And exactly how much of a war chest has the Facebook page generated?

Again, lot's of individuals would like to see Hughes repealed or overturned. Those same individuals generally look to others to fund the process.